Philosophy Paper 3

Technology

What is Martin Heidegger’s perspective on technology?

He argues that technology is not simply a collection of tools and machines but a mode of revealing or disclosing the world.

What does Heidegger say in “The Question of Technology”?

We use technology for our ends and it reveals the overall possibilities hidden within the world.

The value neutrality thesis by Joseph Pitt

It asserts that technological artifacts themselves do not embody values but rather it is the users who ascribe values to them based on intentions and contexts. Technology is inherently neutral as it does not contain moral values, rather it is shaped by the values of society that use it.

B.F Skinner’s Behaviourism

That there is a strong role in the environment that shapes and controls our behaviour. (Social media addiction) Skinner is encouraging inidividuals to go off their phones.

What does Lao Tzu’s quote on water and environment?

“Water is fluid, soft and yielding. But water would wear away rocks, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard.”